Effectiveness Of A Collective Psycho-Educational Program in Reducing Test Anxiety And The Psychological Stress of COVID-19

Anxiety is a feeling that forms part of life. It is a dynamic aspect that affects personality development, and psychological stress is a feature of our current age. Technological and industrial progress, bad economic conditions, epidemics and diseases, particularly the rapid widespread of COVID-19 in various countries and the subsequent horror caused among international communities, have led to an increase in anxiety and psychological stress. The present research aims to investigate the effectiveness of a collective psycho-educational program in reducing test anxiety and the psychological stress of COVID-19 among secondary school students. A quasi-experimental approach was employed. The study sample included 25 students who were regarded as one experimental group to achieve the research objectives. The research results revealed differences in students’ arithmetic average scores on the Scales of Test Anxiety and Psychological Stress in favor of post measurement, which indicates the effectiveness of the used program in reducing students’ test anxiety and psychological stress. In light of these results, the two researchers recommend the use of the proposed program at different academic stages.